Darrell
was introduced to the game of golf at an early age while growing up
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since then, Darrell developed into
a nationally competitive player, winning numerous events including 9
club championships at his home clubs of Royal Montreal site
of the 2007 Presidents Cup and Beaconsfield Golf Club.
After playing golf for the University of North Carolina,
Darrell graduated in Earth Sciences in 1988, and entered the golf
design industry working alongside Graham Cooke. Darrell soon became
a lead designer in the firm. After amassing 15 years of experience and
designing numerous award winning courses, Darrell partnered with his brother
Warren in 2004 to create Huxham Golf Design Inc. With this
background and now 23 years of design experience and 50 golf courses
worldwide Darrell and Huxham Golf Design Inc. have developed into
one of Canada’s premier golf course design firms.

Darrell’s
is known for his keen eye and innovative design sense and is always
pushing the edge of creative design with a special emphasis on
courses that are visually spectacular, natural looking and very
enjoyable to play. Darrell brings unparalleled enthusiasm and
energy to every project and is notorious for taking the most modest of
sites and producing something of fantastic quality.

Being partially
of South African decent, Darrell traveled the world
extensively as a young man and has played and been exposed to a
variety of different golf courses and golf landscapes throughout the
world, including the classic courses throughout Great Britain.
This unique background, combined with his ongoing work experiences
have given him an in depth appreciation and understanding for the

classic era courses,
as well as today’s modern classics. This balanced knowledge has
allowed him to develop into a highly accomplished renovation
architect. Huxham Golf Design now provides ongoing golf
course remodeling services to over 25 golf courses, including several
of Canada’s most notable courses.

Warren, an avid golfer from his early years, and playing
at the tournament level for much of his life, has been in the industry
since 1988. He began working with Graham Cooke and soon became
the lead field designer in the firm, in a relationship that lasted 16
years. Warren has been heavily involved with the design and supervision
of the construction and renovation of some of the best courses in the
country and abroad. He brings a common sense approach to a project
and has established himself as one of the leading field designers in
the industry. Although, Warren has excelled in the design and
planning of all phases of numerous projects, he is most known for his
no nonsense approach to project management, site coordination and supervision.
Warren has managed numerous large scale projects, as well as small,
and has coordinated renovations to some of the best existing courses in the country.
He has a great understanding for the intricacies of
environmental protection, which allows him to bring a very important
component to a project in these days of conservation and minimal impact
development. Warren’s experience on all types of terrain and soil
varieties allows him to bring a wealth of knowledge to a project, thus
providing quick and competent decision making to the various problems
that present themselves on every site. Warren’s energy, attention
to detail and high standards
allow HGD to provide close control over projects from start to finish.